Qualified as a corporate financier with a twenty-year history in financial services, Peter Shakeshaft specialised in funding and listing entrepreneurial companies with Enterprise Investment Scheme relief. Peter Shakeshaft was the chairman of a financial services group based in the City of London, which grew to a turnover of more than £100million. His other business interests now include a sector-leading logistics firm.

A keen sportsman, Peter Shakeshaft enjoys skiing, sailing and rugby and previously held the post of chairman of the British Bobsleigh Association. Peter Shakeshaft was also a board member of the National Olympics Committee at the British Olympic Association.